Author: Martijn van Exel

I am involved in organizing the world's largest annual OpenStreetMap gathering called State of the Map US^. This year, it is going to take place in lovely Boulder, Colorado, on October 20-22. If you are interested in OpenStreetMap, how people and companies as big as Microsoft and Amazon use it, and its vibrant community of … Continue reading Decision Day for State of the Map US 2017→

Launchers are a divisive topic in the Mac universe. Some use the built in Spotlight and never look beyond that. There's a bunch of others, all of which I have tried, more than once, before coming back to ObDev's LaunchBar. Its best qualities are speed, extreme configurability, and the fact that it learns your favorite … Continue reading LaunchBar and QGIS→

Work gave me a new Mac, they do that every 3 years or so. It's nice and has emoji: Here's a list of what I installed on it right off the bat, pretty much in that order. Perhaps it's useful to folks. What is must-have software for you? Any questions? My SSH keys Dropbox Launchbar … Continue reading What I install on a new Mac→

Back in 2004, I joined Flickr. Here is the first picture I posted there, taken a year earlier.It is hard to imagine now, but back then, there wasn't another place where you could post photos and share them with friends, who could then comment on them. A community based around photos. It was magical and … Continue reading Where to store 🖼→

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About Me

Hi, my name is Martijn van Exel. I am a geographer, hacker of things, and maker of maps. I currently work for Telenav as a project lead for the company’s OpenStreetMap initiatives. I sit on the board of directors of the OpenStreetMap Foundation.